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Jim Beam column:State loses speaker’s job twice

Louisiana lost its second opportunity in history to capture one of the nation’s highest political positions when Republican ...

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Jim Beam column:Open primaries helped GOP

Change isn’t a strong enough word to describe the Louisiana of today to what it was like 50 ...

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Jim Beam column: Wife’s phone call was lifesaver

Thanks to Jo Ann, my late wife, and my Houston cardiologist, I made it to age 90 today. ...

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Jim Beam column: Has anyone seen frontrunner?

Louisiana’s Republican Attorney General Jeff Landry has skipped all but one of the gubernatorial debates that have taken ...

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Jim Beam column:Tax cuts aren’t trickling down

“Our state is a classic trickle-down economics state,” according to Dustin Granger of Lake Charles, a financial adviser ...

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Jim Beam column:Change comes hard in Louisiana

All of the major candidates for governor are telling voters they are going to solve Louisiana’s serious problems ...

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Jim Beam column:Picayune picks Waguespack

The endorsement of Republican Stephen Waguespack for Louisiana governor in the Oct. 14 primary by The Times-Picayune/Nola.com is ...

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Jim Beam column:Vaccine opposition puzzling

Opposition to getting vaccinated has always been surprising to me because of the many shots I have had ...

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Jim Beam column: AGs are not crime fighters

Five candidates have qualified in an effort to become the state’s next attorney general. Jeff Landry, who has ...

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Jim Beam column: Elections job is major choice

Voters often cast ballots at polls based on candidates and issues they don’t like. In the 2016 presidential ...

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